Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within ...

They also orbit near their stars, in many cases closer than Mercury is to the Sun. Our solar system, in contrast, appears to be different. “[Planetary scientists] have thought our solar system ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets ...

Astronomers from Swinburne University in Australia and elsewhere have employed the Keck II telescope to investigate the ...

2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling ...

Ten years ago, astronomers from various institutions, including NASA and SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence), set out to map the asteroid ... materials in our solar system, originating ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to ...

This map from the Space Weather Prediction Center shows how far south the northern lights might come during the solar storm that could hit Earth on April 16. Auroras are ribbons of light weaving ...

A NASA map shows where viewers will be able to experience the partial solar eclipse. It will only be viewable for those in the moon's shadow. The curved yellow lines on the NASA map show how much ...